Small-scale breadmaking is an inherently beautiful craft, and in BREADMAKERS it is also a fruitful enterprise for the developmentally disabled. With quiet certitude, this small group finds purpose in routines and dignity in labor. More...

For civilians, diplomats, and soldiers, roadside bombs in war-torn areas are a constant scourge. For Fidelis Cloer, they are a check in the mail.  Cloer sells armored vehicles to the highest bidder, and his business acumen provides a disturbingly simple and unsentimental context in which to understand international conflict and suffering. More...

Fatima’s petite frame and pretty face complement her pink boxing gloves, but her story is far from rosy. She is the protégé of Johnny, a trainer who teaches at-risk youth to channel their aggression in the boxing ring. Johnny helped Fatima get her act together, and now she helps others do the same. More...

Songs and films pay tribute to Ernesto “Che” Guevara, but he lives on most famously through Alberto Korda’s photograph of his somber yet fiercely proud face. This vibrant study of the image that has outlived the man traces the construction of a mythology launched by a revolution, adopted by worldwide rebellion, and exploited by capitalism. More...

The first North American Mardi Gras was not in New Orleans but in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. To this day, it is true to its roots—perhaps too true. Native daughter Margaret Brown explores the oldest, and still segregated, Mardi Gras in the U.S. and guides us through the parallels at the heart of these two cities’ juxtaposed celebrations. More...

Crane operators narrate this captivating short but the real stars are the cranes themselves, towering over London with the nobility of oversized sculptures. They enter and exit the frame with a grace not usually attributed to machinery, but with the aid of Eva Weber’s sophisticated style, we gaze upon them with awe. More...

German boxer Jürgen Hartenstein is a 35-year-old former middleweight champion hoping to revive his career. Max Plettau’s camera unobtrusively follows Hartenstein, uncovering a gentle demeanor and unassuming lifestyle that belie the typical image of pugilists and elevate his ambition to a noble quest. More...

“You can’t get there from here” never rang more true than in Boris Despodov’s fabulously droll road trip on Corridor #8—the Balkan antithesis of America’s Route 66. The EU-commissioned road project was meant to lift the economic hopes of residents along its route. But a decade and millions of euros later, little progress has been made. More...

Kurt Kuenne’s cinematic farewell to a deceased friend begins with fond memories and unfolds as a devastating chronicle of love, obsession, loss, and unimaginable resilience. As much as we might want to look away, we cannot help but cling to the strength of unlikely heroes. More...

The DocuClub “In The Works” program lets filmmakers screen rough cuts before an audience of peers and documentary lovers who are encouraged to give constructive feedback. STAGES, by the Meerkat Media Collective, is about a group of older Puerto Rican women and youth of color who unite on New York City's lower east side to create an original play based on their life stories. More...

From a compulsive housewife engaged in an endless battle against particle profusion, to scientists analyzing the dust from the Twin Towers, to a woman who has created a sophisticated taxonomy of lint bunnies, DUST encourages viewers to ponder the imaginative nature of something that has long escaped imagination. More...

In his first documentary since GRIZZLY MAN, Werner Herzog travels to McMurdo Station in Antarctica as a guest of the National Science Foundation. The resulting account is a lyrical meditation on the stark landscape and a portrait of the researchers who risk their lives and sanity for the sake of science. More...

British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh resides in South London, but he spends several weeks a year in Ukraine performing surgeries with the crudest of tools in a country where neurosurgery barely exists. His skills have saved innumerable lives, yet Dr. Marsh refuses to slow down until he’s saved every possible life. More...

As smoking in movies wanes, we can sit back and enjoy the sharp Irish banter of two women—the filmmaker’s middle-aged mother and a 79-year-old neighbor—reflecting on their dangerous but thoroughly enjoyable habit. Joking about smoker’s cough and chiding themselves for their habit, they have no discernible regrets. More...

The first day of school can be either exhilarating or terrifying, but it is always about socialization. For children plucked from their families on the remote tundra and placed in a Russian boarding school, the first day signifies the erasure of unique cultures and the reinforcement of the official one. More...